Figurative Language Review

Question 1

What is an extreme exaggeration used for effect/emphasis?

Accepted Answer

hyperbole

Question 2

"I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 3

What's the meaning of this simile? "My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

Accepted Answer

She gets really angry.

Question 4

A comparison of two or more things not using like or as is:

Accepted Answer

metaphor

Question 5

"The stars will cry." The kind of figurative language used here is _______.

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 6

What figure of speech is used her?"BAM! The door shut behind me."

Accepted Answer

onomatopoeia

Question 7

What's the meaning of this personification?"The camera loves me!"

Accepted Answer

Photos of me are always really good

Question 8

What are words that also imitate their sound?

Accepted Answer

onomatopoeia

Question 9

What figure of speech is used here?"Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong in Paris."

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 10

"The last day of school is like a day at the beach - easy and relaxing." The kind of figurative language used here is

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 11

What's the meaning of this metaphor?"After all the fans left the stadium, the bleachers were a disaster area."

Accepted Answer

Trash and leftover food and drinks littered the ground.

Question 12

What figure of speech is used here?"The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one."

Accepted Answer

metaphor

Question 13

When non-human things are given qualities of a human it's called:

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 14

"The raindrops danced on the tabletop." The kind of figurative language used here is _______

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 15

What is the meaning of this figure of speech?"The car is a dinosaur so we better buy a new one."

Accepted Answer

The car is very old.

Question 16

"Time flies by!" The kind of figurative language used here is_________.

Accepted Answer

idiom

Question 17

What figure of speech is used here?"I was so tired after school, I was a bear at practice."

Accepted Answer

metaphor

Question 18

Figurative language is language that:

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 19

What figure of speech is used her?"The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended."

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 20

What is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a number of words in a sentence?

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 21

What figure of speech is used here?"I waited a million years for my ride to get to the house."

Accepted Answer

hyperbole

Question 22

What figure of speech is used here?"My teacher was a monster when she was in a bad mood."

Accepted Answer

metaphor

Question 23

What figure of speech is used here?"Silly Sarah sat sulking after she sank while swimming on Saturday."

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 24

What figure of speech is used here?"Eager Emily enthusiastically earned an award for eating Eggos."

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 25

A comparison between 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as':

Accepted Answer

simile

Figurative Language Review

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Figurative Language Review

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